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GDS light curve in r and i with additional IPHAS, DENIS, and GSC II data points; the IPHAS error is smaller than the symbol size.
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We discovered the outburst of 2MASS J06422218-0226285. Between end 2012 and early 2014, this object brightened by 3 mag in r and i, and by 3.7 mag in J. Since then, it has stayed at high brightness of about 16 mag in r and 15 mag in i. Possible explanations for this kind of light curve might be a Catalysmic Variable, a Symbiotic Binary or a FUor or...
